Debian playing up? Or is my hardware ****ed?

sabashuali · 08-04-2008, 08:35 PM

Hi

Installed Debian (Lenny) on my desktop and everything was hunky-dory for a while (a week or so). I had no problems with the installation and installing packages, AT's new HWF kernel and even nVidia drivers for my new card.

Everything was going so well and all of a sudden today, on boot I get tonnes of error messages regarding USB 1-1 . The error messages kept rolling up but the system did not boot. This happened for both images installed on my desktop - the standard and HWF's. I reinstalled lenny and now although I get some error messages, at least the system boots. I wonder for how long.....

Here are all the USB related entries in dmesg-

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmesg

usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
usb 1-1: device not accepting address 2, error -71
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-1: can't set config #1, error -75
usb 1-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: port 1 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling...
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 4
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-1: can't set config #1, error -75
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse as /class/input/input1
input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Attempting manual resume
hub 1-0:1.0: port 1 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling...
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 6
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-1: can't set config #1, error -75
hub 1-0:1.0: port 1 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling...
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 7
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-1: can't set config #1, error -75
hub 1-0:1.0: port 1 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling...
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 8
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 9
usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

Any ideas? I am scared to restart the PC.....

Update - Forgot to mention that I also get a message during boot that the system is unable to set-up the clock.... never seen this one before....

Anti-Trend · 08-04-2008, 07:51 PM

Can you please attach your /var/log/dmesg and /var/log/debug ? Thanks.

sabashuali · 08-04-2008, 08:40 PM

Thanks AT!
How do I attach them? I tried to upload them but it did not work.....
Shall I just run 'dmesg' and copy to a text file?
How do I do that with 'debug'?

Anti-Trend · 08-04-2008, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabashuali

Thanks AT!
How do I attach them? I tried to upload them but it did not work.....
Shall I just run 'dmesg' and copy to a text file?
How do I do that with 'debug'?

Valid file extensions: doc gif jpe jpeg jpg pdf png psd txt zip

So, you either need to add .txt to the end of the file before uploading, or zip them up.

sabashuali · 08-04-2008, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anti-Trend

......So, you either need to add .txt to the end of the file before uploading, or zip them up.

I tried zipping but it kept erroring on me

AAAAAnyway, I have attached the docs now.....

duhhhhhhh.............

Anti-Trend · 08-04-2008, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabashuali

AAAAAnyway, I have attached the docs now.....

Umm... where?

sabashuali · 08-04-2008, 11:08 PM

Sorry, I am having a blond moment... i am really sorry.....

I am loosing it badly!

I have a sneaky feeling the problem is my webcam as when I disconnect it, I get no USB error messages. However, the problem with the clock persists.....

The files are here now....

Thanks AT for your patience....

Anti-Trend · 14-04-2008, 02:47 AM

OK, I'll look these over for you. I've been out sick for a while, but I'm taking a look at it for you now.

Anti-Trend · 14-04-2008, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anti-Trend

OK, I'll look these over for you. I've been out sick for a while, but I'm taking a look at it for you now.

OK, you have a lot of "error 75" messages relating to your USB. The manuals indicate that 75 is -EOVERFLOW

Quote:

The amount of data returned by the endpoint was greater than either the max packet size of the endpoint or the remaining buffer size. Error codes like -EPROTO, -EILSEQ and -EOVERFLOW normally indicate hardware problems such as bad devices (including firmware) or cables.

sabashuali · 14-04-2008, 06:38 AM

Thanks AT. Sorry to hear you were unwell.
Hope you are all recovered now.

This might tie in with the camera playing up lately even on Windows.
As I mentioned, when I disconnect the device, all seems to be OK....

Will try again and see...

sabashuali · 14-04-2008, 07:45 PM

Off Topic:

Played around a bit with different distros and ended up with Mint. No problems there, even when the camera is plugged in. That is not saying that Mint has solved the issue....

Probably more like Mint might have ignored the issue. Out of sight out of mind right?

But, it is quite a nice derivative and very easy to use. The only way, I reckon to make Gnome look half decent..... a bit like going for a drink with Marg's sisters....

I had a very interesting week or so, as far as Linux installations are concerned. Perhaps I should write a sticky about a noob's experiences of installing various distros. Goods and bads.... sort of a diary of a dense blonde, how-to for real dummies.....

Anyways, thanks again AT.
My laptop still runs Debian like it was built for it ..... never surrender!!!

I should make a small sticker to go over the MS flag - "Designed for Windows XP but runs Debian even better!" hehe....

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sabashuali Ani Ma'amin Join Date: May 2005 Age: 41 Male Posts: 1,452 Times Helpful: 71 My Mood: Grumpy Status: Offline My Computer	Thanks AT! How do I attach them? I tried to upload them but it did not work..... Shall I just run 'dmesg' and copy to a text file? How do I do that with 'debug'? __________________ This is not a PC friendly user!!! "...when you find someone you really love, all the rest is just... other stuff." - *Leanne Anika Battersby* Help with digital video? Help My Mini City to grow Hit or Miss

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sabashuali Ani Ma'amin Join Date: May 2005 Age: 41 Male Posts: 1,452 Times Helpful: 71 My Mood: Grumpy Status: Offline My Computer	Thanks AT. Sorry to hear you were unwell. Hope you are all recovered now. This might tie in with the camera playing up lately even on Windows. As I mentioned, when I disconnect the device, all seems to be OK.... Will try again and see... __________________ This is not a PC friendly user!!! "...when you find someone you really love, all the rest is just... other stuff." - *Leanne Anika Battersby* Help with digital video? Help My Mini City to grow Hit or Miss

14-04-2008, 07:45 PM	#11 (permalink) Top
sabashuali Ani Ma'amin Join Date: May 2005 Age: 41 Male Posts: 1,452 Times Helpful: 71 My Mood: Grumpy Status: Offline My Computer	Off Topic: Played around a bit with different distros and ended up with Mint. No problems there, even when the camera is plugged in. That is not saying that Mint has solved the issue.... Probably more like Mint might have ignored the issue. Out of sight out of mind right? But, it is quite a nice derivative and very easy to use. The only way, I reckon to make Gnome look half decent..... a bit like going for a drink with Marg's sisters.... I had a very interesting week or so, as far as Linux installations are concerned. Perhaps I should write a sticky about a noob's experiences of installing various distros. Goods and bads.... sort of a diary of a dense blonde, how-to for real dummies..... Anyways, thanks again AT. My laptop still runs Debian like it was built for it ..... never surrender!!! I should make a small sticker to go over the MS flag - "Designed for Windows XP but runs Debian even better!" hehe.... __________________ This is not a PC friendly user!!! "...when you find someone you really love, all the rest is just... other stuff." - *Leanne Anika Battersby* Help with digital video? Help My Mini City to grow Hit or Miss

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